Stable-gutter



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A'. G. WILBOR, Jr. STABLE GUTTER.

No. 487,548. Patented Dec. 6, 1892l jive/afar.'

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ALBERT G. VVILBOR, JR., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STABLE-GUTTER.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. L1:87548, dated December 6, 1892.

Application filed March 5, 1892.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. W1LBoR,Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stable- (gnrutters, of which the following is a specificaion.

These gutters, as is well known, runalong in various parts of the stable, as'back of the rows of stalls, where they may be connected, if desired,with shorter lengths of gutters running from the stalls, the object of the gutters being to carry the drainage to the sewer. As at present constructed these gutters are generally made substantially semicylindrical in cross-section, of any desired length, and are provided with perforated removable covers. These perforations and the gutter itself become frequently clogged and choked with dirt and the accumulations of the stable, rendering it necessary to flush or wash them out, and the only way in which this can be done in any of the forms with which I am acquainted is by removing the cover or a section thereof and throwing water into the trough by means of a hose or buckets. This is objectionable, since the water is generally splashed over the floor, keeping the same in a wet condition, thereby rotting it and causing it to readily wear out.

The object, therefore, of my invention in part is to provide means whereby the gutter can be flushed or washed out without removing the cover or any part thereof.

It consists, further, in providing means for protecting the ushing-pipe from the dirt and accumulations which might fall upon and choke it.

My invention consists in the features, details of construction, and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a gutter provided with my improvements, the cover being removed; Fig. 2, a similar view of the cover, and Fig. 3 a transverse section of the trough with the cover in place.

The trough A, constructed in accordance with my invention, may be made of cast-iron or any other suitable material and of any dimensions considered desirable or necessary. It is provided at one side, which is prefer- Seria1No.423,875. (No model.)

ably that adjacent to the stalls, with a flange B, which extends in a preferably horizontal direction into the body of the trough, the purpose of this flange being to protect the fiushing-pipe, as hereinafter set forth. This flange is preferably provided with a groove t), and the upper edge of the ange is preferably beveled, as shown at h', for the purpose hereinafter' mentioned. At the opposite side the trough is provided with a seat or shoulder B.

The cover C is made, like the trough, of any suitable material, and is provided at one side with a tongue c, adapted to enter and engage with the groove in the iiange. When it is desired to place the cover in position, the tongue is inserted into this groove, and the cover being lowered its opposite edge ts into and rests upon the recess or shoulder B', as shown in Fig. 3. When it is desired to withdraw the cover, this operation is reversed, the

edge resting upon the shoulder being raised and the tongue then disengaged from the groove. It should be understood that this means of holding the cover in place is not an essential part of my invention, but merely the preferred form, since, if desired, the flange B might be provided with a recess or shoulder similar to that shown at B on the opposite edge of the trough and the cover supported in place by means of these shoulders. I next construct the pipe D of any suitable diameter. This pipe runs along inside the trough underneath the flange and preferably in close proximity thereto. It is provided, as shown, with any desired number of perforations, so located as to enable the water to be thrown against and reach all the interior parts of the trough. Owing to the location of this pipe, it is protected by the ange from all dirt, accumulation, or liquid, these being directed by the flange into the trough beyond the pipe, so that this pipe can in no way become choked or clogged, thus obviating the necessity of getting at the pipe to clean it. In this the beveled form which I prefer to give to the flange B materially assists, since any dirt or liquid falling down upon the Iiange-will be thereby directed upon the cover beyond the ushing-pipe, and this covering and protection of such pipe constitutes a very important and advantageous feature of my invention.

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The iiushing-pipe may be connected with anysuitable source of Water-supply, and when it is desired to clean out the trough water is admitted to this pipe, and being forced through the perforations will thoroughly cleanse and wash out the gutter.

By this means I provide a gutter adapted for use in stables and other similar places Which is simple and cheap to construct and which is provided with means for readily Washing out the gutter without removing the cover, and which Washing device is protected by means of a flange upon the gutter in such manner that choking or clogging of the device is rendered impossible. While I have shown this ange as made integral with the' gutter, and prefer to so make it, this is notessential, inasmuch as, if desired, the fiange can be made separatefrom and secured to the gutter, though I do not consider this as advautageous or effective a mannerof construetion, since it brings an additional joint into the formation of the gutter, thereby increasing the liability of leakage of matter into the gutter, which will tend to clog the ushingpipe.

The combination of a gutter provided with a seat at one edge and a flange at the other, such fiange being provided with a groove running along one edge, a perforated pipe secured in the gutterbeneath and protected by the Iiange, and a removable cover adapted to engage at one side with the groove in the [lange and at the other side with the seat, substantially as described.

ALBERT G. NVILBOR, .I R. Witnesses:

GEORGE S. PAYsoN, SAMUEL E. IIIBBEN. 

